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adjacent hills, owing to tiie mist settling down on tlie tops and 

 obscuring the view. Having arranged to re-assemble at 4.30 at 

 the house, the members scattered, each on his different pursuit ; 

 and when they re-assembled the botanists seemed pleased with 

 their tinds, but it was not a favourable day for the entomologists. 

 The following plants were found : — Banunculus hederaceus, 

 R. Flammnla, R. Drouetii, Chelidonium majus, Cardmnine 

 si/lvatica, Cochlearia officinalis, Draba verna, Viola palustris (yet 

 in flower), Polygala vulgaris, Hyperictiw, jndchrum, and //. tetra2)- 

 terum (not yet in flower), Ornithopus peAyusilhts, Vicia hirsuta, 

 V. anijustifolia, Orohus tuberosus. One or two shrubs of the 

 Bullace — Pi'umis msititia (rare) — were noticed, and some fine 

 trees of the horn-beam — Carjiinus Betuhis ; Sedum anglicum, 

 Hydrocotyle vulgaris, Cicuta virosa, Carum verticillatum, Coniuni 

 mactdatum, Chlora perfoliata, Menyanthes trifoliata (abundant), 

 Scrophularia uodosa, Linaria Cymbalaria, Myosotis pahcstris, M. 

 Collina, M . versicolor, Glaux niaritima, Statice limonium (rare), 

 Luztda jnlosa, L. Sylvatica, Blysynus rufus, Carex dioica, C. 

 vidgaris, C. glauca, C. pallescens, C. panicea, C. a7npullacea, C. 

 arenaria, and the Star of Bethlehem — Ornithogalum umbellatum. 

 The scaly fern (Ceterach officinarum) is yet firmly established on 

 Orchardton Old Tower, and several plants of the hart's tongue 

 were observed growing between the stones, which is rather an 

 unusual situation. Neither of these ferns were interfered with 

 by the party, and we trust visitors to this old tower will in future 

 also respect them, as they are now very rarely met with in the 

 South of Scotland. The variety Borreri of Neplir odium Filix-mas 

 was met with in abundance, and the Moonwort ( Botrychiurn 

 Lunaria) was observed in all the old pasture fields. 



Moffat and Beld Craig.— 27io? July, 1887. 



The Third Meeting of the Session was held as a joint excursion 

 with the Scottish Natural History Club (Edinburgh) in the 

 neighbourhood of Moflat. Owing to the inconvenient train 

 service, the two Societies had little time together on this occasion. 

 Some of the Dumfries members arrived in Mofl'at by the morning 

 train, and were met there by Mr Dairon, and Mr Johnstone the 

 secretary of the Moflat Naturalists' Club. As the Edinburgh 

 Society was not timed to arrive in Moflat until one o'clock, this 



